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- ↑ Folbre, Nancy (January 27, 2014). "The Business of Paid Family Leave". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
- ↑ Milkman, Ruth; Appelbaum, Eileen (2013-10-10). Unfinished Business: Paid Family Leave in California and the Future of U.S. Work-Family Policy. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801478956.
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